Bill Text: NY S09063 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and transfer the property to The Papermill, LLC.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-15 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S09063 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09063-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9063

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 15, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing the city of Niagara Falls to  alienate
          and discontinue the use of certain parklands

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the city of  Niagara
     2  Falls  is  hereby  authorized, acting by and through its governing body,
     3  and upon such terms and conditions as determined by,  and  in  the  sole
     4  discretion  of  such  governing body, to discontinue the use as parkland
     5  and alienate the lands described in section three of this  act,  and  to
     6  convey property interests in such lands to The Papermill, LLC.
     7    § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
     8  be effective on the condition that the city of Niagara Falls dedicate an
     9  amount equal to or greater than fair market value of the parklands being
    10  alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisition of
    11  new  parklands  and/or  capital improvements to existing park and recre-
    12  ational facilities.
    13    § 3. The portion of land authorized by section one of this act  to  be
    14  permanently discontinued as parkland is described as follows:
    15    ALL  THAT  TRACT,  PIECE  OF  PARCEL  OF  LAND, situate in the City of
    16  Niagara Falls, County of Niagara and State of New  York.  Known  as  the
    17  "Ten Rod Strip", located, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
    18    BEGINNING  at  a point where the south line of Buffalo Avenue produced
    19  from-east intersects the east  line  of  Tenth  Street  produced  south;
    20  thence running south along the east line of Tenth Street produced to the
    21  thread of the Niagara River or the south boundary of the City of Niagara
    22  Falls;  thence  westerly  along the said boundary of the City of Niagara
    23  Falls to a point in said boundary that is distant  from  the  said  east
    24  line of Tenth Street produced south as aforesaid ten rods or one hundred
    25  sixty  five (165) feet, measured at right angles therefrom; thence north
    26  parallel to the east line of Tenth Street produced south and distant ten
    27  rods or one hundred sixty five (165) feet therefrom to the south line of
    28  Buffalo Avenue; thence east along the south line of Buffalo  Avenue  and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 9063                             2

     1  along  the  south  line  of Buffalo Avenue produced east ten rods or one
     2  hundred sixty five (165) feet to the point of beginning,
     3    TOGETHER  with all the right, title and interest of the parties of the
     4  first part in and to Buffalo  Avenue  adjoining  said  premises  on  the
     5  north.
     6    §  4. In the event that the city of Niagara Falls received any funding
     7  support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
     8  maintenance,  or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
     9  of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parklands author-
    10  ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur  until  the  city  of
    11  Niagara  Falls  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to
    12  the alienation or conversion  of  parklands,  including  satisfying  the
    13  secretary  of  the  interior  that the alienation or conversion complies
    14  with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems  necessary
    15  to  assure  the  substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair
    16  market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    17    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.